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Bakhtiari (surname)
Bakhtiari (and its variant ''Bakhtiary'') is a surname of Persian origin. Notable people with the surname are as follows: *Abu'l-Fath Khan Bakhtiari (died 1750), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe *Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari (died 1754), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe * Ali Morad Bakhtiari (died 1735), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe * Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari (1945–2007), Iranian author and oil expert *Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (1856–1917), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe and revolutionary * Alireza Bakhtiari, Iranian media executive * Behnoosh Bakhtiari (born 1975), Iranian actress * Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (1874–1937), Iranian politician *David Bakhtiari (born 1991), American football player *Eric Bakhtiari (born 1984), American football player *Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901–1983), Iranian diplomat * Liliana Bakhtiari, Iranian American community organizer *Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952), Iranian politician *Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu'l-Fath Khan Bakhtiari
Abu'l-Fath Khan Bakhtiari ( fa, ابوالفتح خان بختیاری, Abōlfatḥ Khān-e Bakhtīārī ) was the Bakhtiari people, Bakhtiari supreme chieftain (''ilkhani'') of the Haft Lang branch. Biography He was the governor of Isfahan at the time of the death of Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747) in 1747—the latter's successors, Adil Shah, Ebrahim Afshar, Ebrahim Shah, and Shahrokh Shah, continued to acknowledge Abu'l-Fath's post as governor of the city. When the Chahar Lang chieftain Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari and the Zand tribe, Zand chieftain Karim Khan Zand, Karim Khan stormed the gates of Isfahan in May 1750—Abu'l-Fath and other prominent residents assembled to protect the fortress of the city, but agreed to surrender and collaborate with them after Ali Mardan's reasonable proposals. Abu'l-Fath, together with Ali Mardan and Karim Khan, formed an alliance in western Iran under the cover of restoring the Safavid dynasty, appointing a 17 year old Safavid prince, Abu Turab, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary ( fa, خلیل اسفندیاری; April 3, 1901 in Izeh – January 19, 1983 in Munich), was an Iranian politician and diplomat. Bakhtiary was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961. . He was the father of , the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary ( fa, ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, Sorayâ Esfandiâri-Baxtiâri; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was Queen of the Imperial State of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it became clear that she was infertile. She rejected the Shah's suggestion that he might take a second wife in order to produce an heir, as he rejected her suggestion that he might abdicate in favor of his half-brother. In March 1958, their divorce was announced. After a brief career as an actress, and a liaison with Italian film director Franco Indovina, Soraya lived alone in Paris until her death. Early life and education Soraya was the elder child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901–1983), a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Russian-born German wife Eva Karl (1906–1994). She was born in the En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shapour Bakhtiar
Shapour Bakhtiar ( fa, شاپور بختیار, ; 26 June 19146 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. In the words of historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in the tone of a jeremiad he reminded the nation of the dangers of clerical despotism, and of how the fascism of the mullahs would be darker than any military junta". In 1991, he and his secretary were murdered in his home in Suresnes, France, by agents of the Islamic Republic. Early life Bakhtiar was born on 26 June 1914 in southwestern Iran into a family of Iranian tribal nobility, the family of the paramount chieftains of the then powerful Bakhtiari tribe. His father was Mohammad Reza Khan (''Sardar-e-Fateh''). His mother was Naz-Baygom, and both of his parents were Lurs and Bakhtiaris. Bakhtiar's maternal grandfather, Najaf-Gholi Khan Samsam ol-Saltaneh, had been appointed prime minister twice, in 1912 and 1918. Bakhtiar's mother died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouya Bakhtiari
Pouya Bakhtiari ( fa, پویا بختیاری; 1992–2019) was an Iranian protester who was shot and killed on 16 November 2019 in Karaj during the 2019 Iranian protests. His death and his parents' reaction garnered nationwide attention; the arrest of several of Bakhtiari's family, who had defied a request by authorities to keep the mourning ceremony low-key, drew international condemnation, including in a Tweet from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Life Pouya Bakhtiari was born on 10 September 1992 in Tehran, Iran. He received his degree in electrical engineering and operated his family's workshop. Bakhtiari was interested in Iranian history and poetry, and wanted to eventually immigrate to Canada. Death and subsequent arrests of family members Bakhtiari's father Manouchehr Bakhtiari, a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War, announced that his son had died on 16 November 2019 in Mehrshahr due to a gunshot wound to the skull. According to him, Bakhtiari was accompanied by his mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari ( fa, نجفقلیخان بختیاری) also known Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846–1930), was an Iranian Prime Minister and a leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was elected Prime Minister for two terms, first from 3 May 1909 to 16 July 1909 and again from 23 December 1912 to 17 January 1913, when he resigned from the office. He was a representative of Parliament of Iran from Tehran in the 4th Parliament. He was the older brother of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari. He died in 1930 in Isfahan. Party affiliation He is reported to be a member of the Moderate Socialists Party but he was favoured by the Democrat Party at the time appointed as the Prime Minister and formed a pro-Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morteza Bakhtiari
Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013. Early life Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952. Career Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004. He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi. Then he began to serve as the governor of Isfahan in October 2005. He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on 3 September 2009 and replaced Gholam Hossein Elham as justice minister. Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against. 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session. Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013. His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliana Bakhtiari
Liliana Bakhtiari is a community organizer who placed first in the November 2, 2021 non-partisan election to Atlanta City Council in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She won the November 30 runoff for District 5. Bakhtiari was born to Iranian immigrants and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She is non-binary and queer, and uses she/they personal pronouns. In November 30, 2021, became the first out queer Muslim elected official from Georgia and is in a non-monogamous Non-monogamy (or nonmonogamy) is an umbrella term for every practice or philosophy of non- dyadic intimate relationship that does not strictly hew to the standards of monogamy, particularly that of having only one person with whom to exchange se ... relationship with two partners. References Living people American people of Iranian descent American Muslims Atlanta City Council members LGBT Muslims LGBT people from Georgia (U.S. state) American LGBT city council members Queer people Women city councillors i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bakhtiari
Eric Assad Bakhtiari (born December 2, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was most recently playing for the San Francisco 49ers, but was cut from the team on January 1, 2013. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at San Diego. Bakhtiari was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins, and Kansas City Chiefs. He is the older brother of Green Bay Packers tackle David Bakhtiari. College career In 2006, he earned 3rd Team Associated Press All-America honors for all I-AA players, 1st Team Mid-Major All-American (The Sports Network), 2006 co-Pioneer Football League Defender of the Year, First-team All-Pioneer Football League. Making him a key performer of the USD defensive squad that ranked #2 in scoring defense (12.9 ppg), 10th in rushing defense (107.3 yards per game) and 12th in total defense. Professional career First stint with Chargers Bakhtiari signed with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari
Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari (Luri/ fa, علیمردانخان بختیاری, Alī-Mardān Khān-e Bakhtīārī ) was the Bakhtiari supreme chieftain (''ilkhani'') of the Chahar Lang branch, and major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nader Shah in 1747. He was the autonomous ruler of Golpayegan (1749-1751) and Isfahan (1750-1751), assuming the title of '' Vakil-e daulat'' ("deputy of the state"), with the Safavid prince Ismail III as a figurehead that legitimized his rule. He was, however, driven back by Karim Khan Zand's forces, and after a number of clashes throughout the years, was murdered by two Zand chieftains at his own encampment, in 1754. Biography Aftermath of the death of Nader Shah and the Bakhtiaris return to western Iran Ali Mardan is first mentioned after the death of the Afsharid ruler Nader Shah in 1747, as one of the supporters of the latters nephew Ali Qoli Khan, who was crowned as Adil Shah ("righteous king") in Mashhad. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bakhtiari
David Afrasiab Assad Bakhtiari (born September 30, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado, and was drafted by the Packers in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Early years Bakhtiari was born in San Mateo, California. His older brother Eric Bakhtiari went on to play defensive end at the University of San Diego and for the Tennessee Titans. His father, Karl Bakhtiari, runs a real estate business in California. He is of Iranian and Icelandic descent. He attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, where he lettered two years in football and lacrosse, being named a team captain during his second year. A great performance during his high school career in football came against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, in which he held future USC Trojan Kevin Greene to no sacks and only allowed two tackles. In another game later in the season he had at leas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (1874–1937) (Luri: بی مَریَمِ بَختیاری Bi Maryam Baxtiâri, Persian: بی بی مریم بختیاری) was the daughter of Hossein Gholi Khan Bakhtiari, the sister of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari and an Iranian Lor Bakhtiari revolutionary and activist of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. As a military commander, she played a distinguished role when Bakhtiari forces with help of modern arms from German Empire successfully captured Tehran in 1909 as part of the revolutionary campaign to force the central government to establish democratic reforms. Life Bibi Maryam was an educated and enlightened Iranian woman in the twentieth century. She was one of the foremost women's rights activists and pioneers of freedom movements in the constitutional movement. Because of her nomadic life, Bibi Maryam was skilled in shooting techniques and craftsmanship. Role in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution Bibi Maryam was one of the main proponents o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
